Black-billed Capercaillie
Tetrao urogalloidesMiddendorff, AT, 1853
English (US) Black-billed Capercaillie
The Black-billed Capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
- Scientific name
- Tetrao urogalloides
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-billed Capercaillie
- Described by
- Middendorff, AT, 1853
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Tetrao urogalloides urogalloides
- Tetrao urogalloides kamtschaticus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Middendorff, AT, 1853
- Original description
- Reise in den äuβersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens während der Jahre 1843 und 1844 mit allerhöchster Genehmigung auf Veranstaltung der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg ausgeführt 2 p.195
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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